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H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
29th Mar, 2023 12:00
1954 Triumph Tiger 100
One of the last 250 made in 1953
Estimate
£7, 000 - £9, 000
Registration No: OLP 999
Frame No: 43826
Engine No: 43826
CC: 500
MOT: Exempt
A late production version of the 1953 sprung hub Tiger 100
Authentically restored keeping as much originality as possible
Supplied with restoration file, original buff log book and a V5C
Triumph is one of the most iconic and revered names in the history of motorcycling. Established in Coventry in 1885, by the start of the 1900s the company had made its first motorcycle beginning a continuous run of production under various ownership until its eventual closure in 1983. In 1937 the Edward Turner designed 500cc Speed Twin was released launching a range of Triumph twins that went on to epitomize British motorcycles in the post-war years. The Tiger 100 was the sports version of the Speed Twin and marketed as the 'supreme mount for the sportsman'. The 'Motor Cycle' described the model as a 'thoroughbred sporting 500 calculated to inspire pride of ownership both on account of its magnificent all round performance and its handsome appearance'.
This stunning looking Tiger 100 was built on the 18th of August 1953 and the numbers suggest it was amongst the last batch of 250 sprung hub models to be manufactured. After the annual summer holidays shutdown the Triumph factory would then start making the new swinging arm models for the 1954 season. ‘OLP 999’ was first registered in January 1954 by Eleanor Motors of Hackney and spent most of its early life in the London area. Restored in the mid-1980s with the intention of returning it to the condition it would have left the factory in and retaining as many original parts as possible, it still looks like a recent job. Over the years it has been in regular use including a couple of London Runs, Taverners Trials and a trip to the IOM TT. Part of a small private collection, it had a magneto overhaul and a new pair of tyres fitted last year and used during the summer months until being dry stored over the winter. The bike comes supplied with its original buff log book, numerous receipts, photographs and hand-written correspondence concerning its restoration as well as a current V5C.
